Half a tank in a hand-me-down
Rollin' with my best friends
We'd never left our hometown
So we took off with no plans
And we played scratched up burnt CD's, '90's on repeat
Feet up on that dash and rolled them
Windows way down low didn't know where we'd go
But hell, we didn't look back
'Cause, we grew up when forever was highways together
And love was the long way home
We grew up when freedom was 16 dreamin' of late nights and open roads
Yeah, foot down in an old Ford
Runnin' wild all summer long
That's what we grew up on
(Yeah)
Rolled up in that '94
And to take her out on our first date
Picked her up at the front door
And her old man said, "Don't be too late"
Then we went cruisin' under stars, nervous beatin' hearts
Her hand wrapped in mine
Then she moved in with cherry lips, man, that was my first kiss
I won't forget that night
'Cause, we grew up when forever was highways together
And love was the long way home
We grew up when freedom was 16 dreamin' of late nights and open roads
Yeah, foot down in an old Ford
Runnin' wild all summer long
That's what we grew up on
(What we grew up on) yeah
(What we grew up on)
(What we grew up on)
What we grew up on
(What we grew up on)
(What we grew up on)
(What we grew up on)
They were some of the best years of my life
Now every time I drive
It takes me right back home
To what we grew up on
Yeah
What we grew up on, oh, yeah
Oh, we grew up when forever was highways together
And love was the long way home
We grew up when freedom was 16 dreamin' of late nights and open roads
Yeah, foot down in an old Ford
Runnin' wild all summer long
That's what we grew up on
(What we grew up on) oh, yeah
(What we grew up on)
(What we grew up on)
Oh, that's what we grew up on
(What we grew up on) oh
(What we grew up on) aww, yeah
(What we grew up on)
That's what we grew up on